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GENERAL REGULATIONS 
OF THE ORIENTAL CENTERS OF INITIATION 

Under the auspices of the 

SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF THE 
V. M. OF THIBET 



SOCIAL OBJECT 

ARTICLE 1. 

To form a universal chain of the highest altruism without 
distinction of sect, caste, sex. or color, where will reign tolerance,, 
order, liberty, compassion and real love. 

ARTICLE 2. 

To study Sanscrit and the Initiative sciences of the Orient, 
and by meditation, by concentration., and by a special line of 
conduct to search for the development of the psychic powers 
latent in man and in all that surrounds us. 

ARTICLE 3. 

All religious and political discussion is forbidden in the 
Centers that are under the obedience of the above named, also 
all affiliation with secret societies. 

ARTICLE 4. 

It is also forbidden to make any psychic experiment solely 
for curiosity or for distraction, or to satisfy the bad faith of the 
incredulous, whether they are of the profane world or members of 
the Center. 

ARTICLE 5. 

The Centers will give a session each week for the discussion 
of scientific problems fitting the knowledge of those studying, and 
a lecture or course of study for the members. 

They will publish reviews or books contributing to the propa- 
ganda of these doctrines. 

OF THE HEAD CENTER AND OTHER CENTERS; 

OF FOUNDATION MEMBERS; 

NECESSARY QUALITIES; DUTIES; OBLIGATIONS; 

INHERENT POWERS 

ARTICLE 6. 

To participate in the Center as an active member, it is neces- 
sary to be willing to adhere strictly to these General Regulations 
of the Order. 

ARTICLE 7. 

The Foundation Members are those only, who have co-operated 
with the Initiator at the formation of a Center. As soon as 
there are ten their number is complete and they constitute the 
Directing Council, which must always be composed of ten mem- 
bers. 



ARTICLE 8. 

Only the Foundation Members have the right of discussion 
and vote in the Council. Active members have the right to vote 
only in the General Assemblies. 

ARTICLE 9. 

The Principal Center must be by preference at the political 
capital of the nation, unless the Inspector General choses another 
city and there where the Inspector * General resides will be the 
Head-Center. 

ARTICLE" 10,. 

All the other Centers, groups or sub-groups which can be 
formed in the same nation will be under the immediate obedience 
of the Inspector General and t|hey must pay to Mm their rights of 
admission. 

ARTICLE 11. 

The Order is composed of five classes of members, namely: 

1. Foundation Members. 

2. Active Members. 

3. Members of Merit. 

4. Corresponding Members. 

5. Honorary Members. 

ARTICLE 12. 

The Foundation Members are those who have the sole right 
to participate in the administration of the Center. They meet 
in general assembly when it is ordered by the Inspector General. 

ART8CLE 13,. 

All the Foundation Members, without exception, are held 
according to their respective ability, to make a voluntary offering 
in order to commence the work of the Center. 

In case of dissolution of the Center the profits which may exist 
belong only to the Foundation Members; the losses also encumber 
them and are divided by the General Delegate in proportion to the 
offering of each one. 

ARTICLE 14. 

The Foundation Members must also pay in advance the 
monthly dues, the amount of which will be fixed by the Directing 
Council. 

The title of Foundation Member, and the prerogatives attached 
to it, can never be lost excepting through some grave fault; this 
will be judged by the Directing Council, constituting a tribunal, 
and which will pass sentence on it. 

ARTICLE 15. 

By virtue of their title the Foundation Members are required 
to see that the general regulations of the Order are respected; 
they must be therefore the first to obey the orders of the Supreme 
Council, transmitted by their Inspectors and their General Dele- 
gates, because example and discipline are the fundamentals of 
Oriental Esoterism. 

ARTICLE 16. 

Besides these obligations the Foundation Members must, 
unless prevented by untoward circumstance, assist at the meet- 
ings that the Center must hold for the development of its studies 
and its propaganda; they must give it all their strength and all 
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ARTICLE 17. 

The Foundation Members must remain always closely united. 
They will preserve the most scrupulous secrecy regarding the de- 
cisions of the Directing Council. 

ARTICLE 18. 

The Members of Merit are those who will have rendered great 
services either to the Center or to the Order in general. Their 
number in a nation can not be more than seven. 

A Foundation Member can be elected a member of merit by 
a unanimous vote of the Council in recompense for a donation 
or a sacrifice made for the cause. 

ARTICLE 19. 

Active Members are those who are accepted in the Order after 
having passed an examination of initiation before the Directing 
Council. They have the right to assist at the work of the Center, 
hut have not the right to vote except in the general assemblies. 
They can be elected as members of the Directing Council in case 
of vacancy, or if the Supreme Council of the Order permits it. 

ARTICLE 20. 

Corresponding Members are those who, living in other cities 
than the capital or abroad, are in direct relation with the Directing 
Council of the Center for the spread of its oriental esoteric 
doctrines. 

ARTICLE 21. 

Honorary Members are those who, having lent to the Center 
an active co-operation in their especial work, or in any other way, 
are given this title by the Directing Council in appreciation of 
their efforts. 

ARTICLE 22. 

The Directing Council in full will decide to which class a 
member (entering the Order) must belong; and the vote must 
always be unanimous, 

OF ADMISSIONS INTO THE ORDER. 

ARTICLE 23. 

Every request for admission must be made to the President. 
It will contain: the names, surnames, profession of the postulant; 
liis civil estate, his nationality, his scientific titles, the services 
rendered by him to the Holy Cause, as well as the promise of 
obedience to the General Regulations of the order and to the 
Directing Council of the Center. 

ARTICLE 24. 
Each request for admission must have the signature of a 
member of the Center who holds himself responsible for the 
candidate and of his payment of the rights of admission as they 
will have been established by the Directing Council. 

ARTICLE 25. 

No one can be admitted to take part in the Center unless he 
obtains the unanimous voice of the Directing Council, gathered to- 
gether in Assembly of the Founders. The vote will be secret, cast 
by means of a white ball (for admission) and black for witholding. 
One black hall will hold back the admission of a candidate. 



ARTICLE 26. 

No one can be admitted to take part in the Center if he has 
not completed his twenty-first year. Excepting that the Inspector 
Generals will have the power to support the admission of a candi- 
date under twenty-one years, but having passed his seventeenth 
year. 

ARTICLE 27. 

Every request for admission as a member of the Center must 
bear the signature of the General Delegate representing the law and 
justice of the Center. It must contain also the candidate's answers 
to the questions that have been addressed to him. 

ARTICLE 28. 

If on the first ballot there are one or more black balls (nega- 
tive) the President of the Center will ask for a second vote during 
the following week. If this second count still contains unfavorable 
votes the President will proceed to a third vote during the week 
which follows the second. 

This last decision will be final and if the candidate is not 
accepted the Secretary will advise the refused postulant in such 
correct terms as will tell him tactfully of his refusal. 

ARTICLE 29. 

When a member of the Center renders himself subject to a 
reproach or to a punishment, following a grave fault, the President 
will communicate with the Inspector General, who will decide 
whether or not there should be a meeting of the tribunal. 

ARTICLE 30. 

Every person who has been eliminated from the Center must 
be considered by the other members as a poor creature who has 
acted under the dominion of elemental of malefic forces. 

OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL. 
ARTICLE 31. 

The Directing Council of the Head-Center of each nation is 
composed of seven Foundation Members. These seven officers, 
charged to direct the Center, take the following names: 

1. President. 

2. Vice-President. 

3. Delegate of the Supreme Council. 

4. Secretary General. 

5. Treasurer. 

6. Deputy. 

7. Secretary. 

ARTICLE 32. 
The other Centers under the dependence of the Head-Center 
of the nation can be formed with only five members, namely: 
President, Vice-President, Delegate, Treasurer, and Secretary. 

ARTICLE 33. 

The Directing Council of the Center will meet in session 
whenever the President or the General Delegate of the Order will 
deem it necessary. 

An obligatory session will be held every three months under 
the designation of the General Assembly. 

All the members of the Center may assist at this, from what- 
ever class they belong, according to Article 11. 



ARTICLE 34. 

At each session after the formalities of the Ritual of Oriental 
Initiation, the Secretary will read the minutes of the former 
session; they must be approved by the Directing Council and 
signed by the President, the Secretary General, and the General 
Delegate. Afterwards account will be taken of correspondence 
and all business of internal order. 

ARTICLE 35. 

At all meetings of the Directing Council it is obligatory to 
wear the white tunic of the disciple and those insignias of the 
rank held by each officer. 

ARTICLE 36. 

In all decisions of the Directing Council it is necessary to 
have the vote of the seven members who compose it. The deci- 
sion to be valid must be approved by two-thirds of the number of 
members. 

ARTICLE 37. 

At the close of each session the bag of beneficence must be 
passed and all the members are obliged to contribute. The Secre- 
tary General after having counted the proceeds and having them 
noted in the minute book by the Secretary, will place the sum with 
the Treasurer. 

ARTICLE 38. 

All duties and all titles are absolutely gratuitous, as well as 
all labor, since all the members must contribute to propaganda 
work of the high doctrines which the Order professes. 

ARTICLE 39. 

It is absolutely forbidden to speak without asking permission 
of the President who will consent or not according as he thinks 
proper. 

Speech will never be allowed for personal allusions or personal 
discussions; such case occurring the President can immediately 
revoke it. 

ARTICLE 40. 

For unforseen cases the Directing Council if the Center will 
take such resolutions as it judges necessary, providing they are 
accepted unanimously and are ever in harmony with the spirit 
of the Regulation. 

OF THE SESSIONS OF THE COUNCIL; STUDY SESSIONS; 
EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS. 

ARTICLE 41. 

The day designated by the Supreme Council for study sessions 
Is Thursday (in the West). But following the country and its 
habits, the Council of each Center can designate any other day of 
the week. 

ARTICLE 42. 

At the beginning of each session, after it has been opened 
according to the usual ritual, the Secretary will make a list of the 
members present, which must go on the margin of the minute 
book; he will note the absence of the members who have not sent 
their legitimate excuse to the Directing council of the Center. 



ARTICLE 43. 

The President must watch attentively that the members hold 
no conversation during decisions of the Center, or the sessions of 
the Council, or during the work of mediation and study. He will 
have the right to suspend from work those who fail in this regard. 

ARTICLE 44. 

When a scientific work shall be presented, whether by the 
Director of work or by another member, the President will open 
the discussion on the proposed theme; all the members have the 
right to speak, each in turn, on the scientific explanations they 
think npcessary. 

ARTICLE 45. 

The Directing Council will be convoked any time that the 
President or the General Delegate think it necessary, and the 
session will be presided over by the one who will have ordered 
its convocation. 

ARTICLE 46. 

As it is a question of secret affairs in these extraordinary 
sessions the records of them will be kept in a special book; this 
can not be read by other members of the Center. 

OF THE DUTIES OF THE SUPERIOR OFFICERS OF THE 

CENTER. 

ARTICLE 47. 
Duties of the President. 

1. To direct the scientific course of the Center, revising con- 
scientiously the work presented by the members; 

2. To see that the records are kept in legal form; he must 
affix his signature after the Directing Council shall have approved 
them; 

3. To watch scrupulously that order and harmony exist at all 
meetings; never to permit two or more members to talk at the 
same time, and to avoid all discussions of a nature disturbing to 
the harmony necessary to the work; 

4. To prepare the order of the day for the sessions so that it 
accords with that of the Director of Work; 

5. Always to preside over the work with the idea of justice 
and order; to observe and to cause to be observed the General 
Regulations, the Esoteric Ritual and the Constitution; to pronounce 
the suspension or to propose the elimination of any member who 
would fail in these directions. 

6. In the accomplishment of these esoteric duties he must 
not have any special consideration for friendship, relationship, or 
personality; duty must be considered before everybody and every- 
thing ; 

7. To see that all members observe the most absolute silence 
and the greatest respect in the session room, in order not to dis- 
turb the aura of the Director of the work, designed and recognized 
by the Supreme Council, and, to this end, he will hold and see that 
others hold, this Director in special and respectful consideration. 



ARTICLE 48. 
Duties of the General Delegate. 

1. To direct the administrative course of the Center; to affix 
his signature to the register of the records, to the documents of 
newly admitted members, to all actions concerning the treasury, 
and to the official documents of the other Centers, as he is the first 
officer of the Inspector General; 

2. To notify the Inspector General of the Supreme Council 
of any illegalities which he will have observed in the Centers of 
his nation that are under his supervision; to respect and to see 
that others respect the orders he receives from the Inspector 
General. 

3. To sign the minutes of the Center after having verified 
them to be in the legal form concerning the law and justice 
which he represents; 

4. To watch carefully that order is maintained, noting in 
secret those members who do not observe the silence and respect 
necessary to order; to ask the Inspector for the formation of a 
tribunal when grave faults have been committed by any member 
sharing in the harmonious course of the Center; 

5. To maintain official relations with other Centers, and ta 
arrange the necessary propaganda to defend the oriental esoteric 
doctrines wherever they may be attacked; 

6. To represent the law and justice of the Center in the 
tribunal of accusation and defense, when it is necessary and when 
it is authorized by the Inspector General; 

7. To sustain the authority of the Inspector General and of 
the President of the Center in all legal cases to the end that it be 
respected and obeyed. 

ARTICLE 49. 

Duties of the Secretary General. 

1. To see that the records made by the Secretary are exact 
and conform to the decisions of the Directing Council; 

2. To sign the minutes as soon as they will have been ap- 
proved by the Council and to keep in order the protocal docu- 
ments, etc.; 

3. To sign all the documents of the Center that are sent to 
foreign Centers and to those under the dependence of the Head- 
Center; 

4. To hold himself at the disposal of the Directing Council 
for any work or any relation whatever with the administration 
of the Center; 

5. To render an account of all official correspondence from 
Centers under his dependence as well as the foreign ones. 

ARTICLE 50. 
Duties of the Secretary. 

1. To make a rough draft of the minutes of the Directing 
Council in order to read them immediately and submit them for 
the President's approbation before the conclusion of work; 

2. To keep in perfect regularity the large General Record 
Book of the Center, in which there can be no erasures, no blank 
pages nor blank spaces; 

3. To keep an account of all correspondence received from 
members of the Center as well as all petitions addressed; 

4. To answer all letters regarding affairs of the Center, 
according to the orders of the Directing Council or of its chiefs; 



5. To call to the convocations the members of the Directing 
Council for the sessions ordered by the President or the General 
Delegate, and to note in the name book the absent members. 

ARTICLE 51. 

Duties of the Treasurer. 

1. To take note of the money accruing from the bag of 
beneficence. This money must form a separate account, which 
will be reserved exclusively to aid members in want; 

2. To deposit the monthly dues of all the members of the 
Center, as well as the offerings made at the entrance into the 
Center: 

3. No payment can be effectual except with the signature of 
the President; 

, 4. To choose a day in each month to pay bills and notes that 
have been approved by the Directing Council; 

5. To keep the treasury book in perfect order; to sign re- 
ceipts from members of the Center actively keeping treasury 
rules, and to make known to the Inspector of the Supreme Coun- 
cil those who will not have accomplished their duty. 

ARTICLE 52. 

Duties of the Vice-President. 

To take the place of the President in the direction of the 
work when this one is unable to be there; to convoke, in the 
absence of the President, the members of the Directing Council, 
in observance of the duties noted in Article 47. 

ARTICLE 53. 

The Deputy has the right to represent the Center: 
1, in the other Centers, groups, or under-groups that can be 
founded in a nation; 2, in the General Assembly; 3, in the annual 
conventions. He will be given necessary powers and will act in 
virtue of credentials affirmed by the President and the Directing 
Council as a whole. 

OF INSIGNIAS AND REWARDS. 
ARTICLE 54. 

The distinctive insignias of the officers of the Center are: 
For the Directing council, the w T hite tunic of the disciple orna- 
mented with the distinctions of rank. 

For the other members a ribbon of blue and yellow silk from 
which falls a gold or silver thread according to class. 

In the upper part of the insignia must show the Escutcheon 
of the Supreme Council or the initials of the rank. 

ARTICLE 55. 

The rewards that the Supreme Council grants through the 
medium of the Inspector General are the following: 

The Brief of the Order of the White Lotus of India, first, 
second, and third degree. 

The distinction of the Superior Escutcheon of the Supreme 
Council can only be granted to the Inspector Generals and to the 
Presidents. 

The diploma of Honorable mention which is granted to active 
members who have distinguished themselves by their zeal or by 
some meritorious act for the good of the Order. 



OF FEASTS AND OF FRATERNAL AGAPES. 
ARTICLE 56. 

To the General Delegate falls the duty of notifying the Direct- 
ing Council of the feasts and the obligation for fraternal reunion 
indicated by the occult almanac; their object is to accumulate 
currents of sympathy, that sympathy which should exist among 
all the members. 

ARTICLE 57. 

On the twenty-fourth day of each month will take place a 
fraternal agape, far from the eyes of the outside world, either in 
a social center or in the country. All the members have the 
right and it is their duty to participate; they must contribute to 
the expenses by a voluntary offering, even if they can not assist 
at the Agape. 

ARTICLE 58. 

At all the social feasts it is forbidden — to use wines, or 
liquors; the exercise of arms and dancing. 

ARTICLE 59. 

At all these feasts the bag of beneficence will be passed, the 
proceeds from which the President will give to one of the members. 
This one will give it to the first poor person who will ask him for 
charity and he will afterward render to the Council an account of 
his noble mission. 

ARTICLE 60. 

The Inspector General or the President will preside at the 
feasts of the fraternal Agapes. 

OF PENALTIES AND THE FORMATION OF THE TRIBUNAL. 

ARTICLE 61. 
Every member who gives no just cause to the Directing 
Council for his absence from the sessions will be marked by a 
vote of censure on his record. 

ARTICLE 62. 

Every active member who will have incurred three notes of 
blame in the space of one month will be deprived of all participa- 
tion in the work for the time that" the General Delegate will con- 
sider necessary; this suspension not to last more than three 
months. 

ARTICLE 63. 

The Secretary who will have neglected to record the minutes 
of a session will be deprived of the right to vote at the following 
session and if there is a relapse on his part the General Delegate 
will inflict the punishment which he considers fit. Suspension, 
if it is pronounced, can not exceed one month. 

ARTICLE 64. 
The Secretary General or the Secretary who does not perform 
his respective work in the appointed time, or who does not pay 
attention to the observations made to him by his immediate 
chiefs, the President and the Director, will be, the first time, sus- 
pended from his functions, and, according to the nature of the 
fault, judgment will be passed by the Tribunal of the Center. 

ARTICLE 65. 
Every Active Member who will have committed any grave 
fault will be judged by the Tribunal of the Center according to the 
esoteric law indicated in the Blue Book. 



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ARTICLE 66. 

If, following a very grave fault a member is condemned to b# 
expelled by the Tribunal, the sentence must not be made known to 

profane world: it will not be published in the Review of the 
Center nor in any publication. The General Delegate only will re- 
port it to the Inspection, who will communicate the sentence to 
the Supreme Council of the Order. 

ARTICLE 67. 
The Tribunal is made up of a secret Council of seven members, 
named by the Inspector General or his representative. 

ARTICLE 68. 

An accused member has the right to present his own defense 
before the Tribunal or to delegate a brother of the Center as his. 
counsel. 

ARTICLE 69. 

For everything concerning the organization of the Tribunal, 
its laws, its ritual, and its punishments, the President will inform 
himself from the ordinances contained in the Blue Book, and 
which w r ill be indicated to him by the Inspector General. 

OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CENTER. 
Room for Study, Sessions, Library, Dwellings for Travelling 

Brothers. 
ARTICLE 70. 

It is expressly forbidden to smoke or to hold conversations 
in the session room or meditation room or in that' of the Directing 
Council. 

ARTICLE 71. 

Each Center should have a study room purely esoteric, in. 
which no profane person can enter. It will be closed after each 
session by the General Delegate, who will keep the key in his 
possession; he can only give it to Foundation members who wish 
to enter for study or meditation. 

ARTICLE 72. 

Besides the study room, the Centers should have a room for the 
meetings of the Directing Council; a room for a library and a 
reading room; an office for the Secretary General and the Secre- 
tary; and three rooms for travelling brothers. 

ARTICLE 73. 

All the members without distinction must offer articles, of 
works, books, or reviews to be placed in the reading room, which 
is confided to the care of the Secretary General or the Secretary. 

OF HOSPITALITY OFFERED TO TRAVELLING BROTHERS. 

ARTICLE 74. 

A member of another Center, recognized as such, by the 
President, the General Delegate and the Secretary General, will 
have the right to the most frank and cordial hospitality during a. 
period of seven days. 

ARTICLE 75. 

After this time if a Brother wishes to remain at the Center 
(and if the Center has rooms at his disposal) he must make a 
weekly payment, fixed by the Directing Council; this payment, 
however, can be waived if his work is of some use to the Center. 



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ARTICLE 76. 

The travelling Brother will enjoy the same rights as other 
members of the Center; of course he will not have the right to 
vote in the decisions of the Directing Council. 

ARTICLE 77. 

It is the duty of the Directing Council to recommend the 
Travelling Brother to the other Centers which he wishes to visit. 

ARTICLE 78. 

It is absolutely forbidden to give to a Travelling Brother the 
occult keys for the enlightenment of esoteric studies; these he 
must receive direct from the Center to which he belongs. 

ARTICLE 79. 

The President has the sole right to give the Travelling 
Brother the esoteric ideas that he thinks necessary to his ad- 
vancement, and this can only be done with the consent of the In- 
spector General. 

ARTICLE 80. 

It is the duty of the Directing Council to remit to the Trav- 
elling Brother a document in legal form signed by the President, 
the General Delegate, and the Inspector General and sealed with 
the seal of the Center, so that this Brother may be recognized by 
the other Centers and that he may be able to enjoy the rights and 
prerogatives that are his due. 

On the day of his departure the Council must select a Com- 
mittee of three or five or seven Brothers, according to the rank 
of the visitor, to accompany him to the station. 

ARTICLE 81. 

The Travelling Brother must leave a note of thanks at the 
Center for the attentions he will have received, and will deposit 
in the box of the Center whatever sum he judges. fit as an offering 
to the Institution. 

OF PERSONS ELECTED TO THE SERVICE OF THE HOLY 

CAUSE. 
ARTICLE 82. 

Every person recognized to be capable of some psychic demon- 
stration will be considered as sacred; the Directing Council will 
make the necessary provisions in his favor. 

ARTICLE 83. 

From the time that the Supreme Council will have recognized 
the superior qualities possessed by an operator, the Directing 
Council will accord him the respect and consideration which are 
his due, and by every means possible will prevent his aura from 
being disturbed. 

ARTICLE 84. 

It is the duty of all the Brothers, without exception, to love, 
to help and to protect the Brother elected by the Venerable Mas- 
ters to be an intermediary between them and the members of 
the Center for the Propagation of the Holy Cause. 

ARTICLE 85. 

The orders and decisions transmitted by the servant of the 
Cause, in a state of concentration, when these orders are dictated 
by Superior Beings, must be scrupulously respected. 



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ARTICLE 86. 

It is absolutely forbidden to make known to the operator the 
danger that could result from practical demonstrations so as not 
to disturb the harmony of the aura of this Brother or his con- 
fidence or tranquility. 

ARTICLE 87. 

The President, the General Delegate, or the Directing Council 
as a whole, can not oblige the operator to lend himself to experi- 
mental demonstrations if he does not feel so disposed, for what- 
ever reason or no matter what cause. In place of these demon- 
strations the Center should give itself to theoretical study and 
meditation. 

ARTICLE 88. 

It is forbidden to suspect the legitimacy of the experiences 
of the operator; the Brother who would have doubts on this sub- 
ject should submit them respectfully to the President who will 
make the necessary explanations either by questioning the oper- 
ator or by looking for the truth through other means. 

OF THE BENEFICENCE BOX AND THE TREASURY. 

ARTICLE 89. 

If,* by force of circumstances or legally justified motives, a 
member can not accomplish his duty towards the Treasury of the 
Center he will explain his difficulties to the Brother Treasurer who 
w T ill report to the Directory Council at its next meeting. The 
Council will decide what will be possible to do for the Brother in 
arrears. 

ARTICLE 90. 

If the quarterly balance sheet shows a deficit in the cash 
account all the Foundation Members are obliged to cover this 
deficit by assuming equal parts of it; for the deposits thus made 
they w r ill be reimbursed when there will be funds in the Treasury 
that exceed it. 

ARTICLE 9-1. 

A third of the social Account is put aside for the Secretary, 
and for the publication of books and reviews serving the propa- 
ganda of esoteric doctrines. 

ARTICLE 92. 

The Beneficence Box is reserved exclusively to aid brothers 
in case of necessity legally proved; no part of it can be diverted 
for any other purpose whatever. In consequence of this the 
Treasurer will keep a special book where will be noted the amount 
received at each session. 

OF SICKNESS AND MISFORTUNE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO 
MEMBERS OF THE CENTER. 

ARTICLE 93. 

In case of sickness or of absolute necessity registered by the 
Directing Council, the Brother who is afflicted will be aided, 
morally and materially, in the name of the Center, by a committee 
of three Brothers appointed by the President. 



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ARTICLE 94. 

All the members of the Center must mutually aid and protect 
each other under all circumstances both in the profane and occult 
life; they must offer to the sick or afflicted Brother every aid and 
attention possible. 

ARTICLE 95. 

The Directing Council will take the necessary money from the 
Beneficence Box to defray the expenses of the sickness or for the 
help of the Brother. If the funds in the Beneficence Box are not 
sufficient the surplus in the social Treasury will be taken. In 
default of this, funds will be raised by a subscription to which all 
the brothers must contribute. 

The Brother who will have profited by the outlays must reim- 
burse the Center as soon as it will be possible for him to do so. 

ARTICLE 96. 

As soon as news is received of the sickness or misfortune of 
a Brother the President will send an urgent call to the Directing 
Council to be convoked in extraordinary session, or if the necessity 
is extreme, he will take upon himself the measures he considers 
right, but will give an account to the Directing Council at its near- 
est session. 

RESIGNATIONS, ELIMINATIONS AND DISSOLUTION OF THE 

CENTER. 

ARTICLE 97. 

Every member of a Center who will fail in the promise made 
by him at the time of his initiation or who, for any reason what- 
ever sends in his resignation will be considered by the Directing 
Council as eliminated from the Center. 

ARTICLE 98. 

Every resignation of a member for whatever cause must be 
accepted immediately without discussion and the Directing Council 
will dictate the note to the Secretary according to the case. 

ARTICLE 99. 

No member from whom a resignation has been accepted and 
informed of it, nor any eliminated member, can ever re-enter or 
form part of the Center, unless by a superior order from the 
Supreme Council of the Order. 

ARTICLE 100. 

A Center can not be legally dissolved before the Treasurer's 
books are in perfect order, as well as all Secretarial documents, 
and all documents having to be signed by the General Delegate 
and submitted to the General Inspector of the Order. 

ARTICLE 101. 

If there is a deficit in the Treasury it must be covered by all 
the Brothers in equal parts. The Constitutional Chart, books, and 
all documents of the Center will be placed with the Inspector 
General of the Supreme Council to be sent, through his Inter- 
mediary, to the Supreme Council of the Order with such considera- 
tions as the Inspector General thinks opportune. 



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ARTICLE 102. 

A Center once dissolved can never be reconstituted under the 
same occult name without the permission of the Supreme Council. 
All the brothers must preserve the most absolute secrecy con- 
cerning the work done in a dissolved Center, the causes leading to 
its dissolution, as well as for the consideration and respect which 
should always exist among them. 

ARTICLE 103. 

The Center that would wish to enlarge upon or modify any 
article of the internal Regulations should ask amti receive the 
authorization of the Inspector General of the Order, who will not 
concede it until after he has communicated with the Supreme 
Council. 

ARTICLE 104. 

All the Centers which are formed in other cities of a nation 
than the capital are under the immediate dependence of the Head- 
Center at the capital. They must pay to it the rights of charter 
and the diplomas of its members, 

ARTICLE 105. 

If a Center shows itself particularly meritorious by its works 
or by the qualities o£ its members, it could be called by the In- 
spector General Great Esoteric Center, after having been recog- . 
nized as such by the Supreme Council and looked into by superior 
esoteric rules. 

ARTICLE 106. 

A Lawyer, a Doctor or a High Patron, who would give to the 
Center his gratuitous services would be called Member of Merit 
and would be associated with the Head-Center to give it this aid 
and protection. 

ARTICLE 107. 

No member can leave the Center temporarily or retire from 
the Order without making known to the Directing Council the mo- 
tives obliging him to do so. The Council will communicate this 
determination to the Inspector General, who will decide if there is 
reason for according this permission, or if the member must pass 
to the class of Honorary Member. 

ARTICLE 108. 

The duties of the Directing Council are renewable each seven 
months and each five months alternatively, counting from the 24 
of August to the 24 of March. 

In the case where a new Center is formed before the period 
of five months, the new elections will take place in August and 
not in March. 

ARTICLE 109. 

It is the Supreme Council of the Order who will give to its 
General Inspectors the list of the new candidate Officers called to 
direct the Directing Council, and they, (the General Inspectors,) 
will transmit it to the General Delegates. 

ARTICLE 110. 

At all sessions of the Head-Centers of a nation it is obliga- 
tory for the members of the Directing Council to be dressed in the 
white tunic of the disciple ornamented with the respective insignia^ 
of rank. 



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ARTICLE 111. 
In sessions of inauguration, where the profane are admitted 
as invited guests, the members of the Directing Council wear 
simply the insignias of rank; they can not wear the tunic of 
the disciple. 

ARTICLE 112. 

The Inspector General of the Supreme Council in the West 
will make his residence, by preference, in one of the large capitals, 
whether in Europe or America. Wherever the official residence 
of the Inspection will be, there must be at least seven members of 
superior esoteric rank who will form the escort of honor of the 
Chief, who represents the Supreme Council of the Order, and the 
Head-Center will take the name of Grand-Center. 

ARTICLE 113. 
The decisions and orders of the General Inspection must be 
scrupulously obeyed. The Council of seven members who accom- 
pany the Inspector will take charge of their strict enforcement. 

ARTICLE 114. 
Once a Center is founded, when the Directing Council is in- 
stalled by the Inspector General, when the duties of ducumenta- 
tion, of initiation, and the same harmonious course of work estab- 
lished, the Inspector General will leave the Directing Council 
free to make its internal decisions, but he will always intervene as 
Chief Director of all the Centers. 

ARTICLE 115. 
The Inspector General can present himself at the Head-Center 
or at the Centers under its obedience, officially, if he has received 
communications from the Supreme Council of the Order or when, 
by his own observation, he would judge his intervention indispens- 
able. 

RECENT ARTICLES SENT BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF 

THE ORDER. 

ARTICLE 116. 
Members of Merit, Corresponding Members, and Honorary 
Members never have the right to vote unless in exceptional cases 
indicated by the General Inspectors. 

ARTICLE 117. 
Every Center will have a Sister who will be especially charged 
with the Beneficence Bag, and the General Inspector could even 
authorize a little girl of minor age, but always with the consent of 
her parents, and the presence of these. 

ARTICLE 118. 
The General Inspectors can suspend the work of a Center and 
even dissolve it if they see that harmony does not exist, or for 
any other reason, and they will immediately advise the Supreme 
Council of the Order. 

ARTICLE 119. 
By the new decree of the Supreme Council only five General 
Delegates exist in the West, and they do not recognize any other 
authority than that of the Supreme Council and the General In- 
spectors. 

ARTICLE 120. 
The Delegates of each Center are the officers of the General 
Inspection and they will not obey other authority than that of the 



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General Delegates and the Inspectors representing the Order; 
never the Presidents. 

ARTICLE 121. 

The branches, the Centers and the Delegations which may be 
founded in small localities, will be under the direct dependence of 
the Head-Center or of the Inspection, even if only one Delega- 
tion exists. 

ARTICLE 122. 

No branch or Center or any Delegation can legally function 
if it has not made a regular request of the General Inspection and 
if it has not satisfied its fights of admission and the requisites 
demanded by the Constitution of the Order. 

ARTICLE 123. 
No member of the Order, no matter of what degree, can belong 
to any secret association, sectarian or political. 

ARTICLE 124. 
The Masonic Order, legally constituted and recognized by the 
government of the nation where the member resides, are excepted. 

ARTICLE 125. 
The member discovered serving another association will be 
immediately expelled from the Order, and the decree of the In- 
spection will be published in the Official Journal of the Order, to 
the end that the Delegates of all countries take notice. 

ARTICLE 126. 

The same expulsion will happen to members who become guilty 
of treason to the Order and they will lose all inherent rights and 
titles of their rank. 

ARTICLE 127. 

Members who would not obey these General Regulations will 
be suspended, the first time from all work, and if they repeat, will 
be eliminated from the Order. The General Inspectors and the 
General Delegates are charged with the execution of these present 
orders. 



Given by US, GRAND MASTER OF THE SUPREME 
COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF INITIATION, to our General In- 
spectors to be transmitted to those who have the right. 
THE SOVEREIGN GRAND MASTER OF THE ORDER, 

V. M. A. G. I. 
THE GRAND CHANCELLOR, 

Guru Babu-Ayat, M. S. C. 
The Grand Secretary of the Supreme Council, 

Guru J. Valous, M. S. C. 
The General Inspector for the Supreme Council of the West, 

Dr. A. Count de Sarak, M. S. C. 
Special Envoy of the Supreme Council, 

A. Mehm, M. S. C. 
Lieutenant of the Grand Master, 

L. B. Sadou, M. S. C. 

The Regulations of the Order of the Superior Degree, called 
the Blue Book, and the articles of the Constitution are known only 
to the General Inspectors. 



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